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A wrap up of Legislative Business during Monsoon Session – 2019

Houses sat for 36 days on average: 38 bills were introduced: 28 of them passed: the highest in the past 10
years.

Bill

Status

The Jammu and Kashmir (Reorganization) Bill, 2019

Passed

Jammu and
Kashmir was bi-furcated into Union Territories of
Ladakh and J&K with a common High Court and each to be governed by a
Lieutenant Governor; also includes persons living in areas close to actual
Line of Control within the definition of socially and educationally backward
classes.

The Supreme Court (Number of Judges) Amendment Bill, 2019

Passed

Amendment increased the total strength of Judges in the Supreme Court by
about 10% to 34 sitting judges.
The bill was certified as Money Bill by the speaker.

The Public Premises (Eviction of Unauthorized Occupants) Amendment Bill, 2019

Passed

Procedure for summary eviction of unauthorized occupants from Government
accommodation

Code aims to, transform the
old and obsolete labour laws into more accountable and transparent ones; regulate wage and bonus payments in all employments where any
industry, trade, business or manufacturing is carried out.

Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Amendment Bill, 2019

Passed

Central
Government may designate an Organization as
terrorist if it commits or participates/ prepares/ promotes/is otherwise
involved in terrorism

Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (Amendment) Bill, 2019

Passed

Punishment for sexual offences increased from 10 to 20 years if committed by
a Police Officer, member of the Armed Forced, Public Servant or Relative of a
Child

National Medical Commission Bill, 2019

Passed

Replaces the Medical Council of India. Provides Grant of licenses to
anyone who is “connected with modern scientific medical profession” to
practice in primary and preventive healthcare establishments

Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (Amendment) Bill, 2019

Passed

Increases the time period for completing Insolvency Resolution process from
270 days to 330 days

The Companies (Amendment) Bill, 2019

Passed

Re-categorize certain compoundable offences as civil defaults and transfers
some approval powers from NCLT to Central Government

Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Marriage) Bill, 2019

Passed

Triple Talaq and all its declarations, including in written or electronic form,
to be void and illegal, making the same a cognizable offence attracting up to
3 years of imprisonment.
The offence would be cognizable if information is
given by the woman, against whom talaq had been declared, herself or any
person related to her by blood or marriage

The Right to Information (Amendment) Bill, 2019

Passed

Amended the term, salaries and conditions of services of RTI
Commissioners.

The Motor Vehicles (Amendment) Bill, 2019

Passed

Amended to incorporate more on transport and safety where compensation
for road victims were increased and a Motor Vehicle accident fund created

National Investigation Agency (Amendment) Bill, 2019

Passed

Increased the jurisdiction and offences that can be investigated by NIA.
Special Courts for trial of scheduled offences to be constituted

The Aadhaar and Other Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2019

Passed

Amended the Aadhaar (Targeted Delivery of Financial and other Subsidies,
benefits and services) Act, 2016, to introduce offline verification of
Aadhaar. An individual may use his
Aadhaar no., voluntarily, to establish identity for telecom and bank related
KYC

The Surrogacy (Regulation) Bill, 2019

Passed

Introduced to prohibit commercial surrogacy and regulate altruistic and
proved infertility surrogacy. The bill also prescribes eligibility criteria
and procedure to conduct surrogacy

The Special Economic Zones (Amendment) Bill, 2019

Passed

Adds a Trust and any other entity which maybe notified by the Central
Government to the definition of a ‘Person’

Reservation for candidates belonging to SC, ST, socially and educationally
backward classes and EWS of the society for teaching positions in Central
educational institutions

New Delhi International Arbitration Centre Bill, 2019

Passed

Establishment and incorporation of the New Delhi International Arbitration
Centre for the purpose of creating an independent and autonomous regime for
institutionalised arbitration and for acquisition and transfer of the
undertakings of the International Centre for Alternative Dispute
Resolution

DNA Technology (Use and Application) Regulation Bill, 2019

Pending

Regulation of
use and application of Deoxyribonucleic Acid
(DNA) technology for the purposes of establishing the identity of certain
categories of persons including the victims, offenders, suspects, under trials,
missing persons and unknown deceased persons and for matters connected
therewith or incidental thereto

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